What was your experience calling a mental health support hotline?

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1. Like having a conversation with a redditor, pretty shit.

2. good, it was work related. I was having some issues with working away from home feeling i was wasting my life. they made sure i wasn’t suicidal. we talked, they made me feel comfortable etc. was just good talking to someone that wasn’t related to the life i was working far away from.

   I ended up quitting my job after 6 or 7 appointments with her. She still called for my next appointment and when i told her was surprised but happy, we talked a bit more. she said technically since it was a program provided from my employers contract. she wasn’t supposed to. but we did anyways for about 30 min. was nice.

   take ways

   it felt good because i didn’t feel like i was burdening or complaining about my issues to people in my life.

   felt nonjudgmental because they had to ties to my life.

   also professional but oddly casual. Felt like we could’ve been friends in a different life.

3. They told me they were busy. I asked if they could perhaps help me with contacts for therapy at least or where i can book for an appointment. They said all their available facilities are full atm and they can’t help. There are no slots left available. I should try seeking private therapy. Which i could not afford, hence why i was calling. They hung up.

4. Was on hold for half an hour.

   Then I hung up.

5. Found out that they stopped operating in my country

6. I used to be the guy that’d pick up when you call. Reading these responses make me sad. I was in south FL and don’t get me wrong, FL isn’t the best, but these comments so far are depressing as hell

7. I volunteered for a hotline like that, it was a school thing, it was interesting to think that people my age were actually struggling with it. And people will say anything to an anon voice over the phone. Even one person said they hated me. Like “ I hate this guy in my school “my name” his life is so fuckin’ perfect.” And then more time talking about how much he hated me before getting back to his real issues. My job was to mostly listen to them and only offer advice when they ask for it. No names, no age, nothing like that. But the teacher who organized it eventually had me stop working there when people wanted to talk to “the guy they spoke to last time” it was distracting to the other volunteers

8. Them suckers told me to piss off

9. I haven’t called a mental health hotline, but I did call a pizza place once and they delivered happiness!

10. None.

11. It was like trying to juggle with watermelons while riding a unicycle. In other words, utter madness!